As the three of them scattered and fled, the other two wasted no time, each chasing after one, while A Wei naturally wouldn't let the remaining one go either.
Seeing the people behind them relentlessly pursuing them, the three immediately ran up the mountain, completely forgetting what their companions had said to them.
A Wei watched the three fleeing in panic and called out for them to stop chasing. After all, the Shen family boss had told them earlier not to go up the mountain.
Even if they had good intentions in chasing, the Shen family wouldn't know that.
If they caught them, it would be fine, but what if they lost them?
A Wei and the other two returned to the place where they had been fighting and picking up the items dropped by the three during their scuffle.
"Those people are really strange. Running into the greenhouses in the middle of the night just to dig up these things?"
"Who knows. Never mind that. We'll hand these over to the Shen family boss tomorrow morning," A Wei said.
As for the three who ran up the mountain, A Wei and the others also planned to inform the Shen family tomorrow.
Up on the mountain.
Mo Xuan, hanging from a tree, stared at the arrival of a few more clueless individuals and fell into deep thought.
Were these people truly unafraid of death? Knowing the mountain was unsafe, they dared to come a second time?
In the world of cultivation, even with countless life-saving means, no one would easily take risks when aware of danger.
An hour later, Mo Xuan got his answer.
They were scared!
But they seemed to be both scared and playful, which was truly baffling!
However, this time they weren't so lucky. Almost no one came up to find them. In the end, they quickly fled when it was light.
Thus, the three in the hospital welcomed three new companions.
These three were clearly in worse shape than the leading trio, covered in bruises and contusions from being beaten by A Wei and his group.
"Did you guys also encounter that big snake?" the leading man asked Da Gao Ge and the others.
Upon hearing the word "snake," Da Gao Ge and the other two trembled all over.
"Yes, yes, we saw it," Da Gao Ge stammered, his voice trembling. Recalling the behemoth from last night, their legs felt weak.
Da Gao Ge then recounted their encounter with A Wei and his three companions.
When the leading man heard this, he frowned. Those people had arrived at the agritainment at almost the same time as them. He had been suspicious earlier.
However, those people hadn't appeared during their activities that night, so he had assumed they were just guests visiting the place.
He hadn't expected that they were actually targeting them!
"Inform the boss. As for what the boss needs... we'll see what the boss says first," the leading man said.
This time, no one objected. Compared to money, life was more important.
After making up their minds, they called their boss, and the next day, the entire group checked out and left.
Before A Wei and the others could even tell Shen Yao about the incident, those people had already left.
Shen Yao, holding the sealed bag, her expression turned grim upon hearing A Wei's words.
"Who sent you?" Shen Yao asked them, her gaze sharp.
A Wei and the others looked at Shen Yao's expression with unusual composure. "Our big boss hired us. He asked us to protect the Shen family."
A Wei didn't reveal who their employer was, and in fact, he didn't know. They hadn't even met their employer; all contact had been through phone calls.
Looking at A Wei's group's skills and demeanor, Shen Yao had a rough idea of what they had done before.
Being able to hire retired soldiers to protect her Shen family, they must have been from the military.
It seemed they still had backup plans and weren't so foolish.
Indeed, doing good deeds without seeking recognition.
Mo Chen: I want recognition!!!
Shen Yao took out her phone and immediately dialed Xu Weiguo's number.
After Xu Weiguo and the others returned with the pills and ancient texts, they immediately found the research team.
They conducted tests and verification on the pills and ancient texts respectively.
The results confirmed what Shen Yao had said: the pill formulas were correct, and the produced items had good efficacy, but they could not achieve the same effect as the pills made by Shen Yao.
When refined using the medicinal herbs provided by Shen Yao, the effects were indeed several times better than those refined with ordinary medicinal herbs!
This discovery indeed made Xu Weiguo fall into deep thought. It seemed that, as Shen Yao had said, it was truly the case.
At this moment, Xu Weiguo was in a meeting when his phone rang abruptly, drawing everyone's attention to him.
Xu Weiguo himself was startled.
People of their status usually only had their phones with them for important contacts. Anyone else wanting to reach him had to go through his secretary, Wan Cheng.
Very few people knew his phone number, so he generally didn't turn it off, fearing some particularly important matter.
The people in the meeting were all of similar rank to Xu Weiguo, so they naturally understood that it was difficult to get through to him easily.
"Take it!"
A Lieutenant General said to Xu Weiguo.
"Yes!"
Xu Weiguo didn't hesitate. He took out his phone and saw that it was Shen Yao calling. "It's from that young lady from the Shen family."
Everyone knew who the "young lady from the Shen family" was, as this meeting was convened because of her.
"Put it on speaker," the Lieutenant General said to Xu Weiguo.
Xu Weiguo answered the call and then turned on the speakerphone.
"Hello, General Xu."
"It's me. What is it, Comrade Shen?"
Shen Yao: "The night before last, a group of people went to the greenhouses and the back mountain under the cover of night. They also collected soil and water samples. I wanted to know if these people coming here had anything to do with you."
As soon as Shen Yao spoke, the atmosphere in the entire conference room instantly became tense.
Xu Weiguo was also shocked. "What! You're saying someone secretly went to your place and collected samples!"
Hearing this, Shen Yao realized that the group from last night wasn't from the military. Since they weren't from the military, they were even less likely to be from Sun Yue's side.
So, who were those people?
Shen Yao: "Yes. After being discovered by our people, they were also beaten. They left our agritainment this morning."
Upon hearing this, Xu Weiguo suddenly stood up. "I'll immediately send someone to apprehend them! This was our oversight. We will promptly dispatch personnel to protect the area!"
After speaking, Xu Weiguo immediately hung up the phone. He didn't even need to instruct someone to go to Puhe County to apprehend the people; Wan Cheng had already dialed the local police in Puhe County.
Because of Shen Yao's call, the meeting was directly adjourned prematurely, and the Lieutenant General and others slammed their fists on the table.
They would purchase all of the Shen family's medicinal herbs at a high price. To ensure the pills could exert their maximum effect, they would not hesitate to offer the highest price!
They were afraid that if they were a step too late, they wouldn't notice that some people's hands had already reached out.